GlassWire Alternatives and Similar Software

Little Snitch

A firewall protects your computer against unwanted guests from the Internet. But who protects your private data from being sent out? Little Snitch does! As soon as you’re connected to the Internet, applications can potentially send whatever information they want to wherever they want. Sometimes they do this for good reason, on your explicit request. But often they don’t. Little Snitch allows you to intercept these unwanted connection attempts, and lets you decide how to proceed.

Commercial $ $ $ Mac

simplewall

Features: - Simple interface without annoying pop ups - Dropped packets logging (Windows 7 and above) - Internal blocklist (block Windows spy / telemetry) - Custom blocklist (your own rules) - Free and open source - Localization support - IPv4/IPv6 support You can download either the installer or portable version. For correct working, need administrator rights. To activate portable mode, create "simplewall.

• It's free, doesn't nag you, and gives you a similar level of control. Guest • Aug 2018 Disagree   Agree

Free Open Source Windows

Comodo Free Firewall

Secure your system against internal attacks such as Trojan viruses / malicious software and external attacks by hackers. Safeguard your personal data through a simple user friendly single click interface offering full immunity to attack. Comodo Free Firewall helps you connect in a secure way to the internet and global networks.

Free Windows

NetWorx

NetWorx is a simple, yet versatile and powerful tool that helps you objectively evaluate your bandwidth consumption situation. You can use it to collect bandwidth usage data and measure the speed of your Internet or any other network connections. NetWorx can help you identify possible sources of network problems, ensure that you do not exceed the bandwidth limits specified by your ISP, or track down suspicious network activity characteristic of Trojan horses and hacker attacks.

• Glasswire can block connections - Networx only reports on them Guest • Aug 2015 • 25 agrees and 5 disagrees Disagree   Agree

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux

TinyWall

TinyWall is a free software to harden and control the advanced firewall built into Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.

• It's simply not a user friendly alternative to Glasswire. It might technically have some of the same features but it's a different kind of user experience altogether Guest • Feb 2018 • 4 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree   Agree

Free Windows

NetLimiter

NetLimiter is an ultimate Internet traffic control and monitoring tool designed for Windows. You can use NetLimiter to set download/upload transfer rate limits for applications or even single connection and monitor their Internet traffic. Along with this unique feature, Netlimiter offers comprehensive set of internet statistical tools. It includes real-time traffic measurement and long-term per-application Internet traffic statistics.

• Similar functions as monitor and simple firewall Guest • Jul 2015 Disagree   Agree

Commercial $ $ $ Windows

BitMeter OS

BitMeter OS keeps track of how much you use your internet/network connection, and allows you to view this information in a variety of ways. Once BitMeter OS is installed on your computer you can monitor your connection usage either via a web browser, or by using the command line tools. The Web Interface displays various graphs and charts that show how your internet/network connection has been used over time:

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux

NetSpeedMonitor

NetSpeedMonitor is a lightweight Network Monitoring Toolbar for your Windows Taskbar designed to be used on computers that run Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista or Windows 7. With NetSpeedMonitor you can monitor the current speed (up- and downstream) of your Network Interfaces and the amount of data transferred.

• Discontinued The program is no longer available on the official website. Last version, 2.5.4.0, released in April 2010, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine.

Free Windows

Windows 10 Firewall Control

Protects your applications from undesirable network incoming and outgoing activity, controls applications internet access. Allows you to control personal information leakage via controlling application network traffic. Manages and synchronizes port forwarding provided by external network connection (firewall/router) box with applications requirements and activity.

Freemium Windows

Privatefirewall

This personal firewall and intrusion detection application provides comprehensive online security. It constantly monitors your PC for intrusion and reports any findings, so you can take the appropriate action. Advanced users can easily adjust default settings to create custom configurations. Internet traffic filtering, port scanning, IP tracking and secure POP e-mail protection functions are all included.

Free Windows

Free Firewall

Free firewall is a full-featured professional firewall that protects against the threats of the Internet. Control every program on your computer by permit or deny access to the Internet. Free Firewall will notify you if applications want to access the Internet in the background, without your knowledge. In Paranoid mode, no software can access on the Internet or network, without your prior consent. You have full control over the flow of data out of your system and into.

Free Windows

FreeMeter

Monitor network bandwidth (C#.NET 2k/XP+). Desktop and Systray graph. Configurable connection speed, update interval, color, transparency. Monitor any or all network interfaces. Ping/Trace/UPnP utilities. Email notifier (POP/IMAP).

Free Windows

ZoneAlarm Free Firewall

ZoneAlarm Free Firewall blocks hackers from infiltrating your home PC by hiding your computer from unsolicited network traffic. By detecting and preventing intrusions, ZoneAlarm Free Firewall keeps your PC free from viruses that slow down performance, and spyware that steals your personal information, passwords, and financial data.

Freemium Windows

DU Meter

DU Meter is a network bandwidth monitor for your computer. It shows real-time graphs and can create reports and alerts based on your downloads and uploads. It enables you to use your internet connection more efficiently by providing an accurate visualization of the data that flows through your computer's network connection.

Commercial $ $ $ Windows

NetTraffic

Live data rate chart. Network usage history (statistics). Quota counter (limit usage meter). Works with every network connection. Multi-language. Installer & portable. Lightweight. Freeware.

Free Windows

NetMeter

NetMeter provides a powerful suite of Internet traffic management for home users as well as business users. NetMeter is an advanced bandwidth tool designed to monitor incoming and outgoing bandwidth and is managed by an online control panel in the users private account.

• Discontinued Replaced by https://alternativeto.net/software/netmeter-evo/ , not a new version, but a new program. NetMeter (legacy) can be still downloaded from the official website.

Free Open Source Windows

Windows Firewall Notifier

Windows Firewall Notifier (WFN) extends the default Windows embedded firewall behavior, allowing to visualize and handle incoming or outgoing connections.

Free Open Source Windows

trafficWatcher

trafficWatcher is a small tool to monitor your network activity. Unlike other tools, trafficWatcher can differentiate between traffic inside your LAN and the traffic that reaches the internet. It shows the current up and download speed in a small icon in the system tray.

Free Open Source Windows

Network Lights

Network Lights is a Windows program, which blinks keyboard LEDs (Light Emitting Diode) indicating outgoing and incoming network packets on network interface. Network Lights lets you monitor network activity (upload/download) from your keyboard ScrollLock and NumLock indicators. Each LED will flicker when network traffic is detected. This utility is a standalone executable. Run the program, you'll see a new system tray icon.

Free Open Source Windows

Radio Silence

Radio Silence lets you block individual apps from accessing the internet. It never throws pop-ups on the screen, and is completely invisible.

Commercial Mac

Wise System Monitor

Aa free Windows utilities to monitor process, hardware, and network traffic.

Free Windows

Bandwidth+

Track your Wi-Fi hotspot usage. Zero configuration required. It just works. Advanced features coming soon. New monthly usage tracking. Uses less memory. Basic localisations for Japanese, French, Spanish, German and Simplified Chinese.

Free Mac

BitMeter

BitMeter 2 is a bandwidth meter, it allows you to visually monitor your internet connection by displaying a scrolling graph that shows your upload and download speed over time. 13 languages: Czech, Danish, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Swedish and Dutch. Select any combination of network cards to monitor or ignore. The ISP Restrictions screen would be useful, just enter details of your monthly quota, and BitMeter will warn.

Free Windows

Etherape

EtherApe is a graphical network monitor for Unix modeled after etherman. Featuring link layer, IP and TCP modes, it displays network activity graphically. Hosts and links change in size with traffic. Color coded protocols display. It supports Ethernet, FDDI, Token Ring, ISDN, PPP, SLIP and WLAN devices, plus several encapsulation formats. It can filter traffic to be shown, and can read packets from a file as well as live from the network. Node statistics can be exported.

Free Open Source Linux

Network Monitor Mini

Description We like live statistics. Android does not show network connection statistics on screen. You do not know the current internet bandwidth used for upload and download. This is a mini network monitor for your phone. It monitors the upload and download speed per second. It will always stay in the corner of your phone's screen. You can set the indicator to any corner of the screen, customize the color and transparency of the indicator.

Freemium $ $ $ Android Android Tablet